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Your Hand in My Hand
A loving, hand-in-hand journey of togetherness and companionship!
"Your hand in my hand
is where it belongs.
Your hand in my hand
as we walk along."
Come on a loving journey through the year and share the wonder of the world with your loved one. Your Hand in My Hand focuses on the warm spirit of togetherness and companionship.
Mark Sperring's delightful read-aloud text is complemented by Britta Teckentrup's bold, beautiful illustrations! Your Hand in My Hand is perfect for parents to read to young children.
"Your hand in my hand
is where it belongs.
Your hand in my hand
as we walk along."
Come on a loving journey through the year and share the wonder of the world with your loved one. Your Hand in My Hand focuses on the warm spirit of togetherness and companionship.
Mark Sperring's delightful read-aloud text is complemented by Britta Teckentrup's bold, beautiful illustrations! Your Hand in My Hand is perfect for parents to read to young children.
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2014
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September 20, 2017
Yesterday I wrote a review for this book and this morning it has gone, I know it had saved as I went back to check a spelling.
I was really expecting to love this book from the cover but was dissapointed that the rhyming text was quite similar to 'Oh The Places We'll go by Dr Suess, and on ever page the words kept hammering home the message that everthing is okay as long as we have each other.
I liked the cover art work but found the illustrations inside did not work so well, they were an odd mix of realistic accuracy of the natural world with the odd totally made up bird or on one page a rainbow that had pink between the yellow and green and no indigo or violet.The book could have worked better with lots of made up stuff or keeping it realistic, The rainbow could have looked good with lots of crazy colours but just one or two changed didn't work for me. I found the book overly sickly and I didn't like the suggestion on the back that this could make a good valentines gift!
Worth a flick through if you find this in the library but I couldn't recommend buying this.
I was really expecting to love this book from the cover but was dissapointed that the rhyming text was quite similar to 'Oh The Places We'll go by Dr Suess, and on ever page the words kept hammering home the message that everthing is okay as long as we have each other.
I liked the cover art work but found the illustrations inside did not work so well, they were an odd mix of realistic accuracy of the natural world with the odd totally made up bird or on one page a rainbow that had pink between the yellow and green and no indigo or violet.The book could have worked better with lots of made up stuff or keeping it realistic, The rainbow could have looked good with lots of crazy colours but just one or two changed didn't work for me. I found the book overly sickly and I didn't like the suggestion on the back that this could make a good valentines gift!
Worth a flick through if you find this in the library but I couldn't recommend buying this.
December 5, 2015
Lovely.
November 13, 2019
Cute pictures and sweet sentiments. While it is generally about the parent child bond it may be especially meaningful for single parents.
December 3, 2015
What can I say? I'm a sucker for books with mice. Loving and special.
July 22, 2019
I love this book. Two little mice pass a year together, finding life is better "your hand in my hand." The blurb reads that it celebrates parental love, and indeed one mouse is much taller than the other. However, the words themselves don't mention parents or children. It's really about love - could be parents and children, could be friends, could be romantic. (In all honesty, this would make a sweet Valentine's gift - I'd swoon if someone talked about life with me in the same way). Some might find the text too repetitive or trite, but I liked it, found it very sweet and warm.
I could use this for a storytime on seasons (the mice pass a whole year together) or on friendship or family. The illustrations are sweet and clear, and the rhythm to the text is soft and rhyming and repetitive (kind of Seussian, without being quite as long).
I could use this for a storytime on seasons (the mice pass a whole year together) or on friendship or family. The illustrations are sweet and clear, and the rhythm to the text is soft and rhyming and repetitive (kind of Seussian, without being quite as long).
May 17, 2017
Sweet, it just a little too sappy for my taste.
June 22, 2017
Simple and sweet story/poem style of a parent and child mouse as they travel together through the seasons of life. Neat illustrations. Highly recommended for Grades K-1.
October 26, 2017
A beautiful story with gorgeous illustrations. Very sweet.
August 7, 2018
Lovely picture book that would make a perfect gift for a new baby and new parents, celebrating discovering the wonders of the world together.
October 1, 2018
Trite rhyming text about going through life's experiences together. The illustrations show an adult mouse and a child mouse holding hands. Too sappy and predictable for my taste.
January 16, 2022
Cute little book - lots of good rhymes and very cute!
March 20, 2022
This is a precious book; really beautiful.
January 31, 2023
Un calendrier aux illustrations tellement jolies, qui invite à contempler la nature au rythme des saisons.
May 14, 2026
Adorable. Story about two mice going on an adventure holding hands and getting through the ups and downs. Lovely graphics.
March 20, 2017
So, so sweet and adorable. Very warm and loving:
With your hand in my hand
when winter takes hold
we'll snuggle up closer
and won't feel the cold
we'll walk through the seasons
untouched by the frost
with you hand in my hand
we'll never feel lost...
With your hand in my hand
when winter takes hold
we'll snuggle up closer
and won't feel the cold
we'll walk through the seasons
untouched by the frost
with you hand in my hand
we'll never feel lost...
July 19, 2017
A parent mouse and child mouse journey through the year hand in hand.
Well, this book is adorable. The Wife said it's that kind of book that you give to people at baby showers because it's just that adorable and shows the loveliest side of parenthood. The art is unique but almost familiar because it's really comforting or something. I don't know, like Eric Carle but a little less abstract. Maybe it's not the most popular at bedtime but with Mom and Dad at least it's a good one.
Well, this book is adorable. The Wife said it's that kind of book that you give to people at baby showers because it's just that adorable and shows the loveliest side of parenthood. The art is unique but almost familiar because it's really comforting or something. I don't know, like Eric Carle but a little less abstract. Maybe it's not the most popular at bedtime but with Mom and Dad at least it's a good one.
January 7, 2015
When I was young my Mum always wanted me to come over for a lean or hold her hand if we were walking. I would be asked how much I loved her and I would reply, “This Much” whilst stretching out my arms as far as they would go. It seems that my Mum was quite a sentimental person, so this book would have been perfect for her to read to me before bed.
‘Your Hand in My Hand’ does not have a narrative as such, but is a book that follows two mice as they walk along hand in hand. They could be mother and child, siblings, or even Dad. Who they represent will mean different things to different people and it is here that the book works best. ‘Hand’ is what I like to call a string puller; a children’s book that pulls at the heartstrings of the adult. The words written by Mark Sperring are small poems on each page that has the mice seeing another wonder. Everything will be ok as long as they hold hands. This is a lovely sentiment, but does it make for fun reading?
There is a definite connection between the book and adults, but the subtlety of the bond between the mice is lost on toddlers who the book is aimed at. They instead get a rather abstract tale about two mice doing things together and not exciting things either. This is a book about vistas and wonders, not a book about mice holding hands as the race down an amazing waterslide.
This is certainly a book that will appeal to the reader and perhaps not the listener. Thankfully then, the illustrations by Britta Teckentrup are fantastic. Teckentrup uses colour and texture to her images that add to the words. The book follows the seasons and the shades change as the year does. There is a slight coldness to the drawings that reflect the mood of the piece. Adults may find this haunting, but children may simply find it dull.
As a piece of fiction that will make you feel good about your bond with a child ‘Your Hand in My Hand’ is a great book, but as a story that is meant to entertain a 2-4 year old, it falls a little flat. I am someone who likes my sharing books to appeal first to the child and secondly to the adult; this book does not do this. However, it still has a lovely magical quality to it that may bring a tear to the more sentimental out there. Original review on bookbag.co.uk
‘Your Hand in My Hand’ does not have a narrative as such, but is a book that follows two mice as they walk along hand in hand. They could be mother and child, siblings, or even Dad. Who they represent will mean different things to different people and it is here that the book works best. ‘Hand’ is what I like to call a string puller; a children’s book that pulls at the heartstrings of the adult. The words written by Mark Sperring are small poems on each page that has the mice seeing another wonder. Everything will be ok as long as they hold hands. This is a lovely sentiment, but does it make for fun reading?
There is a definite connection between the book and adults, but the subtlety of the bond between the mice is lost on toddlers who the book is aimed at. They instead get a rather abstract tale about two mice doing things together and not exciting things either. This is a book about vistas and wonders, not a book about mice holding hands as the race down an amazing waterslide.
This is certainly a book that will appeal to the reader and perhaps not the listener. Thankfully then, the illustrations by Britta Teckentrup are fantastic. Teckentrup uses colour and texture to her images that add to the words. The book follows the seasons and the shades change as the year does. There is a slight coldness to the drawings that reflect the mood of the piece. Adults may find this haunting, but children may simply find it dull.
As a piece of fiction that will make you feel good about your bond with a child ‘Your Hand in My Hand’ is a great book, but as a story that is meant to entertain a 2-4 year old, it falls a little flat. I am someone who likes my sharing books to appeal first to the child and secondly to the adult; this book does not do this. However, it still has a lovely magical quality to it that may bring a tear to the more sentimental out there. Original review on bookbag.co.uk
May 26, 2016
THIS book is PERFECT!!
It just makes me feel the way I always used to feel when I was REAL little and me and Mama would go out and hike in the woods when it’s cold or even SNOWY, and she’d take her camera, but you know what the best pictures were? When she’d say “Wow! Look at THAT, Eva!” and sometimes she wouldn’t even take a picture, but I’d just remember it and have the picture in my head.
And then we’d go for hot chocolate and muffins!
So I really really really LOVED this one because that’s what these two mice do. They go all over the place and that Mama mouse shows that girl EVERYTHING. And that’s the BEST.
Yeah! SIX stars!
It just makes me feel the way I always used to feel when I was REAL little and me and Mama would go out and hike in the woods when it’s cold or even SNOWY, and she’d take her camera, but you know what the best pictures were? When she’d say “Wow! Look at THAT, Eva!” and sometimes she wouldn’t even take a picture, but I’d just remember it and have the picture in my head.
And then we’d go for hot chocolate and muffins!
So I really really really LOVED this one because that’s what these two mice do. They go all over the place and that Mama mouse shows that girl EVERYTHING. And that’s the BEST.
Yeah! SIX stars!
March 13, 2016
Originally posted on Once Upon a Bookcase.
Your Hand in My Hand is a cute story of a parent and child out discovering the world together. It shows the bond between Mother/Father and Child, and the parent taking the child out on an adventure, and also encourages parents to nurture their child-like sense of wonder of the ordinary - to see the world through their child's eyes. The two little mice are adorable, and the illustrations are really cute, in a almost collage style. This is such a lovely story!
Your Hand in My Hand is a cute story of a parent and child out discovering the world together. It shows the bond between Mother/Father and Child, and the parent taking the child out on an adventure, and also encourages parents to nurture their child-like sense of wonder of the ordinary - to see the world through their child's eyes. The two little mice are adorable, and the illustrations are really cute, in a almost collage style. This is such a lovely story!
December 30, 2015
This is lovely rhyming poem about doing things together in love. The artwork shows two mice, probably parent and child, holding hands and going through life together. They walk in the snow and make friends with other animals. They splash in the rain puddles and gaze at a rainbow. They play in the meadow and sing songs. They find treasures in the woods and snuggle up close.
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December 17, 2019
Some books you read and think, this one was written for the parent, not the child. This is one of those books. There's no humor or story line for the kids to enjoy, it's just a litany of things that a parent and child will do "with your hand in my hand." This could be a great tradition one-on-one book with a small child, but not a good group read aloud. The illustrations, however, are gorgeous!
January 4, 2016
Cute! I really like the connectedness between parent and child in this book. They're enjoying the adventure of life together. Also, it never specifies if the parent is a mom or a dad, so it works for everyone.
Good for toddler or preschool storytimes.
Good for toddler or preschool storytimes.
December 10, 2014
Obviously I read the English version. Bought it for my niece for Christmas. Absolutely lovely.
May 15, 2015
Two mice go hand in hand sharing many beautiful things together in life. Very cute picture book. Illustrations are superb.
June 3, 2015
Hardcover version. Great for story time. Love the lyrical writing and gorgeous illustrations. Seasons.
January 19, 2023
I read this book at Wallmart. I am not a pedophile, but anyone reading this is 'spicious.
October 7, 2015
Beautiful illustrations. I especially loved the rainbow.
November 27, 2015
rhyming picture book about 2 friends or adult/child
December 11, 2015
Great for Mother's or Father's Day or a family storytime. Cute illustrations and sweet text!
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